Head to head · 2026 batting

Nolan Arenado vs Paul Goldschmidt

In 2026 Nolan Arenado has been worth 3.0 more wins. Both lines are computed from play-by-play on the same constants, so they are measured the same way rather than quoted from two sources.

Nolan Arenado AZ

Paul Goldschmidt NYY

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Nolan Arenado	Paul Goldschmidt
G	152	104
PA	599	380
H	136	87
HR	30	18
RBI	86	52
SB	4	1
AVG	.255	.252
OBP	.331	.313
SLG	.475	.452
OPS	.806	.765
ISO	.220	.200
BB%	8.7%	7.6%
K%	20.0%	22.6%
wOBA	.350	.332
wRC+	123	105
WAR	3.9	0.9

Career

Totalled over the seasons published here, which is not the same as a whole career: a player who debuted before 2015 begins at 2015, not at his real first game.

Career batting totals. AVG and SLG are recomputed from the components rather than averaged; OBP, wOBA and wRC+ need each season’s own constants and are left to the table above.
Statistic	Nolan Arenado	Paul Goldschmidt
G	1,694	1,707
PA	7,132	7,253
H	1,803	1,787
2B	367	363
3B	29	19
HR	355	307
RBI	1,157	982
BB	581	872
SO	1,084	1,627
SB	31	129
AVG	.281	.285
SLG	.513	.495
WAR	46.4	45.4

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season’s own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page. To put these two beside a third, the comparison page takes up to four.